INSECT CONTROL AN AID TO THE WAR EFFORT 



Now, in time of war, the need for maximum production of foods 

 and fibers and for protection of those already produced makes insect 

 control more important than ever before. Greater difficulties will be 

 encountered in putting such control measures into effect. Because 

 of the scarcity of farm labor, it will be necessary for every 4— H club 

 member to learn about control of insect pests and to do his part in 

 combating insects affecting the crops, livestock, stored products, and 

 woolens on his farm. 



TECHNICAL GUIDANCE WILL BE SCARCE 



4— H club members will have less entomological guidance during 

 the war, because many entomologists have entered the Army, Navy, 

 or Public Health Service as technical advisers. These men will assist 

 in protecting not only the armed forces from such disease-carrying 

 and pestiferous insects as flies, mosquitoes, lice, ticks, and bedbugs, 

 but also the food, woolens, furs, and other supplies of the Army and 

 Navy from insects. However, entomologists who remain on the job 

 at State colleges and experiment stations and in the Federal Govern- 

 ment are always ready to be of service. 



BY HELPING YOURSELF YOU SERVE OTHERS 



Valuable service can be rendered through learning to recognize 

 threatening insect populations and making counts to determine how 

 abundant they are. Club members can be of help to entomologists 

 and to their neighbors if they will be on the lookout for insect pests 

 and report to their county agent, or to the State or Federal ento- 

 mologist the finding of unusual varieties and the outbreak of these 

 and of common pests. If these reports are of general interest, they 

 will be relayed to farmers in the community, so that control meas- 

 ures can be applied. When insecticides are necessary, they can 

 usually be made available before insects have time to destroy crops. 



YOUR JOB IS BIGGER 



In the absence of the older menfolk, 4—H ? ers will have to do more 

 of the spraying and dusting. In the Cotton States, farmers and 

 planters should know the insect populations and apply insecticides 

 only when necessary. Club members will want to help in insecticide 

 conservation, not only by avoiding the use of unessential materials 

 and the cost of applying them, but by economical application of the 

 insecticides needed. This conservation applies to control of insects 

 affecting fruits and vegetables as well as of those affecting cotton and 

 other crops. _ 



